Nick stabbed the fork into his chicken since she didn't need it. "That's still way more honey than I'd even consider. But it's all in the name, I guess," he said with a grin. "You're really not hungry. Okay. So you just gonna sit and watch me eat?"
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"You're going to regret telling me that when I wind up in here every night," Alexis jokingly warned her. She opened the door to leave but was stopped by a tall—"Oh. Hi. Zaine. Didn't see ya there. Why are you there? Here, I mean?" She frowned up at him.
"I came to thank you two for the cookies you left last night. It was you two last night, right, giggling at my door?" He looked from Alexis to Lyra across the room. They wouldn't make good spies.